I am sure that synthetic oil is no better on this issue than the old
fashioned stuff. This is not a thermal breakdown or lubrication issue.
It's more of a hydraulic pumping power loss... and for that, synthetics
are not materially different.
--- Al Johnson <twojohnsons@cox.net> wrote:
> I wonder if they make much of a difference now given that most of us
> now use
> synthetic oil, which probably creates much less parasitic drag than
> the old
> dino-based oils.
--- Stephen Waybright wrote:
> > I can't claim to know the answer for sure, but I'd believe the
> windage
> > tray saves considerable energy by reducing the work of the crank
> and
> > lower connecting rods accelarating all that oil slosh around
>
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